“Missed connections: I saw you in passing once and forgot you soon after. You never even saw me. We went on to live long, full lives.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“Missed connection: We lived and died on opposite sides of the world before international travel was possible. Good. I would have hated you.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“Missed connection: I am a rock. You were near me. I have no idea who or what you are because I cannot perceive the world. I love you.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“You are a miracle that happened to someone else. A shooting star that went by on a night that by fate or by chance; I missed.”— Pat Pace, thoughtcatalog.com
“I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else.”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“I had to get over him. For months now, a stone had been sitting on my heart. I'd shed a lot of tears over him, lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. Life would be hell if I didn't shake loose from the grip he had on my heart. I most definitely didn't want to kee…”— Kristan Higgins, amazon.com
“Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldn’t have. Maybe there’s a whole assortment of impossible people waiting for me to find them.”— Carol Rifka Brunt, amazon.com
“Snape's patronus was a doe. The same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.”— Harry Potter, amazon.com
“Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?”— James Patterson, amazon.com
“The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him.”— Cassandra Clare, amazon.com
“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I w…”— John Green, amazon.com